Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said that the state will conduct a seroprevalence study on the Nipah virus being repeatedly found in Kozhikode district.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday appreciated the introduction of the Women Reservation Bill in the Loksabha, adding that his party, the Communist Party of India (Marxist), has been demanding the same for a long time.
The Disaster Management Department in Kerala's Kozhikode has relaxed the restrictions in the district as no new cases of Nipah virus infection were reported in the state.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday came down heavily on the Centre, alleging that it was trying to transform the country's federal structure into a presidential system, comprising with the principles of a federal polity.
"This is the beginning of a new era in the new parliament building and in this era the participation of women must increase. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik also for many years had been requesting to the Central government to table the long-pending Women Reservation Bill," said Misra.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has condoled the death of renowned writer and academician Professor CR Omanakuttan at a private hospital in Kochi on Saturday.
Health Minister Veena George while addressing a press conference on Wednesday, said, "So far, three samples have tested Nipah positive. We have started contact tracing. Of 706 contacts, 77 are in the high-risk category, 153 health workers are in the low-risk category," Veena George said.
Amid the controversy over an I-T report claiming that Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's daughter, an entrepreneur, received a bribe from a sand and mineral processing firm, Union Minister V Muraleedharan on Tuesday took a swipe at the CPI(M) claiming they have made it a habit to cry f